Lil Kim
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Birth Name:
Kimberly Denise Jones
Birth Place:
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of Birth:
July 11, 1975
What Race or Ethnicity?:
African American
The American female rapper and former girlfriend of Christopher “B.I.G.” Wallace is of African American heritage. However according to IMDB it is stated that she is also of Native American Indian descent, though this has not been confirmed by other sites.
There is a perception by many, especially the black community that Kim has had numerous operations to alter her appearance. When Kim was asked about this rumor in a BET interview she apparently hung up on the interviewer.
Source:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428591/bio
http://hiphop.popcrunch.com/lil-kim-hangs-up-on-bet-interviewer/
Celebrities with similar heritage:
December 6th, 2008
DIS GIRL IS JUST UGLY I HATE HER SO MUCH AND SHE HAS BAD DRESSING SHE CANT DRESS IF HER LIFE DEPENDED ON IT…
January 6th, 2009
Native American my ass!
She’s ALL black, transforming into WHITE!
April 11th, 2009
actually lil kim Ethnicity is not African American she is Puerto Rican and Jamaican
April 11th, 2009
Do you have a source for that info? even if she was Jamaican, that would still make her of African descent in other words African American.
April 16th, 2009
where did you get an idea like dad and how did u know she is jamaican and puerto rican are you her mother or father. tell me she is full black until she tells me she is mix got it
April 16th, 2009
lil kim is not mix she is black all of this mix stuff is a lie until i hear from herself
April 20th, 2009
lil kim is hot you dont know what yall talkin bout
April 21st, 2009
does’nt matter what she is- she has a great caboose
April 23rd, 2009
OMG a whole bunch of haters on this…you do realize that just because she mentions that she’s part Native American isn’t denying her African American blood??? There really is a issue with this in the black community it’s really embarrasing. It’s pretty clear she’s got native blood in her.
April 27th, 2009
lil kim is a mess
May 4th, 2009
On the real she is part Native American. There are a couple of other sources that back it up and the high cheeks bones kind of give that away any way.
May 5th, 2009
clearly she has native blood i mean cmon look at her there is no way she is all black just no way and she does look latino or hispanic also
May 12th, 2009
Please, everybody claim to be half this and half that. Nobody wants to be just full black. Like when did that become a bad thing.
May 16th, 2009
Well majority of us that are African American are not full blood African American. Just because she lets people now she’s part Native American doesn’t mean she’s denying her African roots. She’s proud of who she is.
May 27th, 2009
As a proud black man. I have to say that I do see that indian blood in her. Even before her plastic surgery. I think she’s a proud black woman and if she wants to talk about her indian blood then let her. It doesn’t demean her black blood but makes her more powerful to be proud to talk about all of her roots.
June 2nd, 2009
I like her natural eye color which is like a light brownish gray color. I saw some pics from when she was about in her late teens and not only was she fair skinned then, but she definitely looked part Indian or part something. When she got famous, for some reason she always baked herself in the sun and told some interviewer she likes tanning on the beach. I guess she wanted more street cred then because some rappers just didn’t’ see other rappers as black enough.
Looks like she doesn’t bother baking herself so much in the sun anymore. It’s pretty stupid to sit for hours under the sun anyway.
June 2nd, 2009
Interesting. I guess many artists in the game think its necessary to have street cred so they do ridiculous things like get a tan. there are some rumors that fergie from BEP is of part African american descent. i think thats a little far fetched.
June 4th, 2009
It’s so not uncommon for someone who looks white to be mixed. I actually wondered if Fergie was mixed too because she could pass for a mix person to me. Why? Because I come from a mixed family and have seen the different looks of mixed people. Some look mix but others look like they’re only of one race– be it black, indian, white or whichever.
My friend who is a fair skinned black woman has 2 kids by the same dad who is white, but one kid came out iwith brown eyes and more mixed looking than Mariah Carey. Her other kid came out looking white with blue-green eyes. My friend always has to explain to each of the new teachers that she IS the “white” child’s mom.
June 4th, 2009
Well Fergie does have Mexican heritage. She’s listed on this site.
http://ethnicelebs.com/fergie
about your friend, it must surprise people at first. btw the actor wentworth miller is also of african heritage but he has green eyes and white features.
July 12th, 2009
Happy bday Lil’kim!
July 15th, 2009
A beautiful combination of African and Native blood…mmmm I would knock that pussy out!!!! Knock it out real good…
July 15th, 2009
I think she had some surgery too
July 22nd, 2009
i think shes very pretty lady but i think she bleached i kno she proud bein black
August 18th, 2009
Yeh u can see she is of Native blood and most poeple who are called African American are not just African American. It’s just the fact that most have become very comfortable talking about their full heritage. She is so hot!!!!
September 25th, 2009
Lil Kim is African American and Native American. She ugly ass fuck!
September 25th, 2009
Puh huh, yeah… a African&Native American turned into a Michael Jackson. Stupid wanna be White bitch, you should be happy for being Black and Native you dumb fuck. Fuck your ugly ass and go suck nuts bitch. Nikki Minaj is more better than your ass cause she’s happy to be Asian and Black unlike your ass. FUCK KIM GO NIKKI!
Smh, and I’m proud to be Native and Black.
November 6th, 2009
I think she’s had cheek implants to can’t really go on high cheek bones but don’t count me on that but to me bein a woman kinda looks obvious but no disrespect to lil K.I.M she’s still beautiful and it aint all about looks anyway if she’s a beautiful person then that should mattet more but that’s just my opinion I’m afraid. x x
November 6th, 2009
She’s full black man, she’s just fair….There are black people that are fair.
November 11th, 2009
shes nt ugly and if she wanna be both lt haer gosh it dont matta africans ant sisters are indian spanish and sum other stuff it dont matta im dominican black asian white hawiann and indian bt most say i look asian noone kant help wat dey iz
December 4th, 2009
fake cheekbones not ‘native american’
December 25th, 2009
I have one question, why is it that you people can “easily assume” that people like ashanti, aaliyah, nia long, keri hilson, ciara, will smith, jada pinkett etc.( From the comments that I have read so far) are “MIXED, THEY JUST HAVE TO BE” although they haven’t made any comments about being mixed. Yet it is hard for people to believe that lil kim, fabolous, neyo etc.could possibly be mixed? IS IT BECAUSE YOU BASE IT ON LOOKS?
December 30th, 2009
she is black look in her old videos like when she was with junior mafia and made ‘i need you tonight’
December 30th, 2009
ew
January 16th, 2010
SHE LOOKS BLACK TO ME!!!! COLORED CONTACT LENSES/FAKE HAIR AND ALL THAT LIGHT MAKEUP CAN’T CHANGE THAT!!!!
February 3rd, 2010
Lil Kim is battling self hate issues. Dark skinned black people have a lot of self hate.
February 16th, 2010
Lil Kim is mixed with black & Native American. She said it on her myspace page. She is not pure black not does she look pure black. Before the bleaching, she was caramel skinned. She was never dark skinned. Heck, she was lighter than Biggie. I want to ask their question. Y’all saying that Lil Kim have self-hate issues, but why are you not saying this about white people who tans to get darker? Do they have self-hate issues, too?